22 Mar
2005
22 Mar
'05
11:23 a.m.
John Foust wrote:
I think all of these places suffer
(from out collecting perspective) from subjective or uninformed policies
about all goods - not just computer stuff.
I can agree with that.
I see some charity shops run by senior-citizen volunteers around here who
routinely toss what they consider to be "junk" (like old household goods)
yet would fetch a good price if they marketed them correctly. I routinely
see graniteware (speckled-paint metal pans) and other 100-year-plus tin
items in the dumpster. Meanwhile, they're trying to sell 15-year-old
mono monitors for $15.
Sometimes older people don't understand that something that was common
or low cost when they were young, is hard to find and worth something now.
My grandmother had an small dining room table that she used as a
computer desk. The computer was useed solely for a database of customer
names for her mail order business. She mostly retired from it, and no
longer wanted the table. I wanted it, and she said I could have it.
It's wood... veneered, but still all wood, probably from the 30's or
40's, I'm guessing. When my friend and I went to pick it up, it took a
little bit of manuvering to get it out of the house. My grandmother
suggested several times that I really didn't need it, and that we could
just cut it up with a chainsaw, burn it, and that would take care of
that. She now has a smaller made in China plastic table in it's place.
I think things that she sees as a hassle or difficult, she thinks is a
hassle or difficult for anybody. She sort of projects her feelings
toward something on other people, and evaluates the situation from
there. I love her, but she frustrates me too no end somethinge :-)
Oh well, the table is in my basement now. When I get finished
refinsihing the top it's coming upstairs. It will be my new computer
desk...... with room for my scanner, unlike my current set up.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA